Britain intercepted Russian aircraft over Baltic Sea in recent days

London, 20/4: Britain said on Sunday two of its fighter jets had intercepted Russian aircraft over the Baltic Sea close to NATO alliance airspace in separate incidents on Tuesday and Thursday.

The Typhoon fighters were scrambled to intercept a Russian Ilyushin Il-20M “Coot-A” intelligence aircraft on Tuesday, Britain’s Ministry of Defence said in a statement. Two day later, two Typhoons intercepted an unknown aircraft leaving Kaliningad airspay.